Nationalist Faction of Johore

The Nationalist Faction was an informal grouping of reactionary politicians in the Johor Sultanate that was active from 1836 to 1914. The faction was formed by aristocrats and military officers who sought to preserve the absolutist Sultan's powers in the face of demands for liberal reform. The party also supported the supremacy of the Malay people in Johore and backed plans for imperial conquest; however, it held moderate views regarding economic policy, as it advocated only for government intervention in the economy, not for a state-run capitalist system.